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Is stingy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stingy is a Scrabble US word. The word stingy is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is stingy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stingy is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1T1I1N1G2Y4

Is stingy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stingy is a Words With Friends word. The word stingy is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1I1N2G3Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

STINGY,STYING,

5-letter words (4 found)

STING,TINGS,TIYNS,TYING,

4-letter words (17 found)

GINS,GIST,GITS,INGS,NITS,SIGN,SING,SNIG,SNIT,TIGS,TING,TINS,TINY,TIYN,TYGS,TYIN,YINS,

3-letter words (20 found)

GIN,GIS,GIT,ING,INS,ITS,NIS,NIT,NYS,SIG,SIN,SIT,SNY,STY,SYN,TIG,TIN,TIS,TYG,YIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

GI,IN,IS,IT,NY,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 51 words from stingy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stingy

stingy

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stĭnʹjē, IPA(key): /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒi

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient
Usage notes

Usage of "stingy of" was about as common as usage of "stingy with" until about 1900 but became much less common by and since 1920.

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Etymology 2

sting +‎ -y

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stĭngʹē, IPA(key): /ˈstɪŋi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋi

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

  1. (informal) Stinging; able or inclined to sting.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Yingst, stying, tyings

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